Stat and interferon genes identified by network analysis differentially regulate primitive and definitive erythropoiesis

BMC Systems Biology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Greenfest Allen, Emily ^a   Malik, Jeffrey ^b   Palis, James ^b   Stoeckert, Christian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Co expression network inference; Definitive erythropoiesis; Gene regulatory networks; IFN signaling; Primitive erythropoiesis; Stat1; Stat3

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON; STAT PROTEIN;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BIOLOGY; ERYTHROPOIESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ERYTHROPOIESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HUMANS; INTERFERONS; MICE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAT TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84878472256     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17520509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-0509-7-38     Document Type: Article

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